Actors and actresses visit young boy in hospital room with others standing in doorway. Robert Mitchum is writing in an autograph book. Note on back reads “Robert Mitchum, Jane Russell and William Talman visit polio ward at St. Francis Hospital – in city for premiere of ‘One Minute to Zero’.”

William Tallman, far right in photo, played prosecutor Hamilton Burger on TV’s “Perry Mason” and, while dying of lung cancer, made anti-smoking TV commercials in the 1060s. In a marketing coup, Jane Russell later lent her name to a so-called 18-hour bra. Who knew?

December 9, 2016 | NPR · The short-term funding bill, expected to pass the Senate Friday, would keep the federal government running until late April. Coal-state Democrats had been protesting provisions that affected miners.

December 9, 2016 | NPR · President-elect Donald Trump will retain a credit as executive producer of the reality TV show Celebrity Apprentice. The new season, with new “boss” Arnold Schwarzenegger, premieres January 2. NPR TV critic Eric Deggans says no one but Trump knows how involved he will be, but the news seems to contradict NBC’s past assertion that it has severed business ties with Trump.

December 9, 2016 | YouthRadio · One week ago, a fire ripped through an Oakland warehouse that was being used as a music venue and artist community. Hear the music of four up-and-coming electronic artists who died in that fire.

December 9, 2016 | NPR · While he was working on Atlanta, Donald Glover was also gathering musicians for soul jam sessions. “Awaken, My Love!” is an album of ’70s throwback sounds that feels thrillingly alive.